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Brisbane Ro-Ro and Container Car Shipping

Shipping cars UK to Brisbane Port

Autoshippers ship cars, autos, motor vehicles and trucks direct from
the UK and USA into Brisbane. The port allows cars to be shipped by
both RoRo via their Roll on Roll of Terminal and by weekly container
car shipping to Brisbane. For a car shipping quote to Brisbane please
complete the car shipping quote form on this page. If you are shipping
your car from the UK this form will give you an instant reply with
costs and prices for shipping cars by RoRo direct from the UK to Brisbane.

Port of Brisbane

The Port of Brisbane is located on the East Coast of Australia at
the mouth of the Brisbane River, away from urban encroachment. It is
the third busiest port in Australia and the biggest general cargo port
in Queensland. Its mission is to be Australia's leading port. It
provides an important interface between other rail, road and sea methods
of transport.

History

The Port of Brisbane has been in use since the mid-1800s,
when the first items that used to move through it were shipments
of timber from local pine and cedar forests. Since then it has grown
over many years into a purpose-built and very busy port. In
fact it is now the fastest growing container port worldwide.
Currently it is operated by the
Port of Brisbane Ply Ltd (PBPL) and is under a 99-year lease from
Queensland Government.

Faclilities

The Port of Brisbane covers 7.5km square, and being purpose built
it now has in total 29 operating berths and 2 cruise ship wharves.
The two wharves offer different facilities. Over 300 people are employed
here. The port has facilities for: Containers, General cargo and Motor
vehicles. It has 697m of general cargo wharves and it is one of the
many ports featuring our regular, scheduled RoRO Services (Roll-on
Roll-off). Dry-bulk and wet-bulk.
One of the wharves, Portside wharf, is fairly new and was finished in
2006. It features coffee shops, restaurants, gift centres and also a
visitor centre. It also has 7,200m of quay line.

Facts of Interest

The Port of Brisbane is built on reclaimed land that was once called
The Fisherman Islands. Over 35 shipping lines service the port, and it
is visited around 2500 times every year. It is a popular port destinations
for car shipping from the UK to
Australia. The Port of Brisbane has room to grow and is currently
being upgraded and extended. This is costing over 150 million dollars.
The port features a large shore bird roost build in 2005 to support migratory
shore birds visiting the East Coast of Australia.